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(43) Date of publication: 04.10.2023 Bulletin 2023/40 (21) Application number: 21848099.4 (22) Date of filing: 28.12.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06F 30/32(2020.01) G06F 119/02(2020.01) G06F 30/33(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): G06F 30/32; G06F 30/33; G06F 2119/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US2021/065414 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/147057 (07.07.2022 Gazette 2022/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 31.12.2020 US 202063132820 P 19.02.2021 US 202163151465 P (71) Applicant: Synopsys, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (US)	(72) Inventors: CHONNAD, Shivakumar Shankar Sunnyvale, California 94085 (US) IACOB, Radu Horia Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 (US) LITOVTCHENKO, Vladimir 85609 Aschheim/Dornach (DE) (74) Representative: Epping - Hermann - Fischer  Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Schloßschmidstraße 5 80639 München 80639 München (DE)